SOLUTION: question: jhun can finish an accounting work in 8 hrs. Leo can finish the same work in 6 hrs. After 2 hrs of working together, jhun left Leo for lunch and Leo finished the job. Ho

Question 490514: question:
jhun can finish an accounting work in 8 hrs. Leo can finish the same work in 6 hrs. After 2 hrs of working together, jhun left Leo for lunch and Leo finished the job. How long does it take Leo to finish the job?
Answer by mananth(16946) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
----individual---job/hour together
John 8------ 0.13----- 0.29
Leo 6------ 0.17
Together they do 0.29 of the job in one hour
After 2 hours they would complete 0.58 of the job

After 2 hours
Balance job 0.42
Leo does 0.17 job 1 hour
For 0.42 job hw will take 2.5 hours

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